PHIL1090 Lecture : Discourse Descartes.docx
22 Jan 2014
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Discourse descartes: notes on perspectives class february 16th, 2011. 2. method of inquiry starts with doubt and builds up in steps, logical research (science) 3. challenge in trying to think of the problem of the body. May not be the god society believes but in order to be certain, the stereotypical god must exist. Soul or mind if not attached to body, if independent, he must prove that it has to be deathless. Preface he says to adopt my philosophy, no human being will doubt existence of god or soul. Meditation 3 headline- concerning god that he exists but first, he appears to the cogito. Bottom page 70, paragraph edition on the side, he says ordinarily, people thing that the most real self is body, he used to believe this too.
